Trooper: Bicyclist hit and killed in Palm Coast

A 63-year-old bicyclist was struck and killed while riding on U.S. 1 just south of Belle Terre Boulevard in Palm Coast, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper said.

MARK I. JOHNSONSTAFF WRITER

A 63-year-old bicyclist was struck from behind by a pickup and killed while riding on U.S. 1 just south of Belle Terre Boulevard in Palm Coast, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper said. Deborah I. Dunn of Jacksonville was riding north on the paved shoulder of the road just before 7 p.m. Wednesday when she was hit by the pickup, according to the preliminary accident report by Trooper Scott Howard. The 2004 Nissan Frontier, driven by Leila E. Gould, 30, of Bunnell, was also headed north when for an unknown reason it veered onto the east grass shoulder, re-entered the road and struck the back of the bicycle, the report states. Dunn was knocked onto the grass shoulder and pronounced dead at the scene. Neither Gould nor her passenger, Bodie D. Opel, 34, also of Bunnell, was injured in the accident. Charges are pending the completion of the investigation, the report states.

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